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<b>open</b> 
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	Library:   unistd.h
		   sys/types.h
		   sys/stat.h
		   fcntl.h

	Prototype: int open(char *Path, int Flags);

	Syntax:    int fd;
		   char *Path="/tmp/file";
		   int Flags= O_WRONLY;

		   fd = open(Path, Flags);

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<b>Flags</b> specify the file attributes. They must contain one of 
O_RDONLY, O_WRONLY or O_RDWR and may also have any of the following.
O_CREAT, O_EXCL,  O_NOCTTY, O_TRUNC, O_APPEND, O_NONBLOCK, O_NDELAY,
O_SYNC. See the man page for full details.

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<h2>Examples:</h2>

<img src=../../GRAPHICS/computer.gif><a href="../EXAMPLES/pipe1.c"> pipe example</a> 
program.

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<h2>See Also:</h2>

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<a href="pipe.html">pipe</a> function.<p>

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<a href="close.html">close</a> function.<p>

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<a href="write.html">write</a> function.<p>

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<a href="fopen.html">fopen</a> function.<p>


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